Improved mold tor artificial teeth



etched y gitanas @sind @Mitica ELI SWEET, .0E WHITNEYs-POINT, ,NEW YORK.

Letters Patent No. 102,615, dated May 3, 1870.

IMPROVED MOLD FOR ARTIFICIAL TEETH.

`'l'."he Schedule referred to in. these Letters Patent and making part of the same.

The nature of my 'invention consists in providing the dovetailed slides in a mold for artificial teeth with a slot and set-screw, whereby to adjust the slide on the plate.

In order to enable others skilled in therart to which my invention appertains to make and use the same, I will now proceed to describe itsv construction and operation, referring tothe annexed drawings, in which- Figure. l is a View of the topmold;

Figui-e2 is a plan view of the bottom mold;

Figure 3 is a vertical oross-section of the bot-tom xnold; and

Figure 4 is a perspective view of the slide used for forming the dovetails.

A represents the bottom part of a mold for molding artificial teeth, said mold being formed for a block of teeth as well as for a single tooth.

B is the upper part of the mold, made to correspond with the bottom part A.

'In the bottom part A is a slide, C, which has projections a, a, which, when the slide is pushed into its place, project into the space or cavity in which the teeth are formed. v

The projections a a are beveled, as shown in fig. 4, so as to form dovetailed recesses and projections on the under or inner side of the teeth at then upper edfre.

rwhen the substance of which the/teeth are to be formed is poured into the mold, the'slide C should be pushed in, and as soon as they are formed the slide is drawn ont, which allows the teeth to be removed from.'

the mold.

In the dovetails thus formed on the teeth, the iubber goes to fasten them to the plate, which dispenses with the pins usually employed for that purpose, thus lessening the expense and making the teeth, stronger and better.- y

The slides G heilig provided with a narrow slot, x, are secured to the plate A by a set-screw, z, so that they can readily he adjusted either in or out on the l plate.

Having thus fully described my invent-ion,

That I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is v In a mold for artificial teeth, vproviding the slide to form dovetails in the teeth, with a slot, and setscrew z, whereby to adjust the slide on the plate A, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing,1 have hereunto set my hand this 23d day of October, 1869.

- ELI SWEET.

- NVitnesses: v

C. L. EVERT,

FREDERICK FENNER. 

